Poetry Weekend
with Camille Dungy
February 25–28, 2010
$395
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Casa Libre is pleased to announce our new Group Residency! As part of our commitment to create opportunities for established and emerging writers, this pilot program will be open to the public and offers a weekend of classes, workshops, and readings to be held on the grounds of Casa Libre. Residents will be housed at The Historic Hotel Congress. Please email casakeepers@casalibre.org for Hotel Congress's discounted rate information
The Group Residency will feature guest faculty, Camille Dungy.
Workshop Description:
Oops: Finding The Muse Through Mishap
“ Most good poems start with a happy accident. The good poet exploits that accident while the other poets suppress it. ” --Tony Hoagland
This weekend we’ ll look closely at mistakes: Mistakes other people make, mistakes we’ve made in our own lives, mistakes we make in our writing and can use. We’ll read a series of poems that seem to have stemmed from accidents (some more happy than others) and investigate how the poets have exploited these moments in order to create moving and viable poems. By the end of the weekend, you’ll see how lucky we are that mistakes were made.
Guest Faculty Bio:
Camille T. Dungy is author of Suck on the Marrow (Red Hen Press, January 2010) and What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison (Red Hen Press, 2006), a finalist for the PEN Center USA 2007 Literary Award and the Library of Virginia 2007 Literary Award. She is editor of Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry (UGA, 2009), and co-editor of From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great (Persea, 2009). Dungy has received fellowships from organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, Cave Canem, the Dana Award, and Bread Loaf. She is currently an associate professor in the Creative Writing Department at San Francisco State University.
Residency Schedule:
Thursday, February 25, 2010
3:30-5 pm: Check-in
5-6 pm: Dinner (on your own)
6-9 pm: Community meet/greet/social gathering at Casa Libre
Friday, February 26, 2010
8-9: Breakfast at Casa Libre
9-12: Morning workshop " Oops: Finding The Muse Through Mishap"
12-1: Lunch (on your own)
1-5: Writing time and movement class
5-6: Dinner (on your own)
7-9: Student Participant reading
9-? Social Gathering
Saturday, February 27, 2010
8-9: Breakfast at Casa Libre
9-12: Morning workshop " Oops: Finding The Muse Through Mishap"
12-1: Lunch (on your own)
1-5: Writing time and movement class
5-6: Dinner (on your own)
7-9: Camille Dungy Reading
9-? Social Gathering
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Departure
Call or email Casa Libre with questions:
casakeepers@casalibre.org
520-325-9145